People · United Kingdom
Shane Newman
2×2 · top 2.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2013 · 2013NEWM02
Shane Newman has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.54, set at Welwyn Garden City Open 2014, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 181st in the United Kingdom. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since October 2013, he has put 482 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 13.92 in October 2013 to 3.42, a 75% improvement. Shane has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.54 | 4.83 | top 2.3% | 181 / 4,895 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.42 | 5.59 | top 5.2% | 195 / 3,656 | |
| 3×3 | 13.05 | 15.95 | top 17.6% | 1,181 / 6,689 | |
| 4×4 | 50.05 | 1:09.80 | top 24.8% | 544 / 2,071 | |
| Skewb | 7.81 | 11.60 | top 39.8% | 941 / 2,421 | |
| 5×5 | 2:09.77 | 2:20.94 | top 55.3% | 681 / 1,151 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 37.14 | 51.09 | top 61.0% | 1,047 / 1,851 | |
| Megaminx | 2:31.95 | — | top 62.1% | 715 / 966 | |
| 6×6 | 6:09.97 | — | top 91.7% | 518 / 548 | |
| Clock | 41.38 | — | top 93.9% | 1,189 / 1,232 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 3 Oct 2015Three personal bests in one day at Prague Open 2015.
- 4 Jul 2015First sub-15 3×3: 14.20 at Franconia Open 2015.
- 4 Jul 2015Three personal bests in one day at Franconia Open 2015.
- 23 May 2015Three personal bests in one day at Welwyn Garden City 2015.
- 20 Dec 2014Nine personal bests in one day at Oxford Winter 2014.
- 14 Jun 2014Four personal bests in one day at Iceland Open 2014.
Competitions
- UK Championship 2017 · 27 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Prague Open 2015 · 3 Oct 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Franconia Open 2015 · 4 Jul 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Welwyn Garden City 2015 · 23 May 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Harrow Spring 2015 · 28 Feb 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Oxford Winter 2014 · 20 Dec 2014 — 9 personal bests set
- Cuthberts Open 2014 · 11 Oct 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Iceland Open 2014 · 14 Jun 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Welwyn Garden City Open 2014 · 5 Apr 2014 — 7 personal bests set
- Zonhoven Open 2014 · 22 Mar 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Nottingham Open 2014 · 22 Feb 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Cuthberts Open 2013 · 5 Oct 2013
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Robert Yau — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead once
- Callum Hales-Jepp — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- James Molloy — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.